Unified location and presence, communication across real and virtual worlds

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9628584
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15184231

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A method and system for providing unified location and presence information of and intercommunication among a plurality of networked users is disclosed, where the users may be real world people or virtual world personae. Generally, after receiving data representative of a first and second user's presence or location in the real or a virtual world over a communications network, the users are permitted to view each other's presence in a virtual network. The users are identified by endpoint addresses, and may intercommunicate using various types of media via the communications network.

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  • AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.

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Munson, Gary Little Silver, US 7 42

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